Elaine Lastname
@seeelainego.bsky.social
Expert, guru, philosopher, therapist. I am none of these things.
Beleaguered Miami Marlins fanatic.
Beleaguered Miami Marlins fanatic.
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So, uh, how are we celebrating the Ides of March tomorrow?
March 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
So, uh, how are we celebrating the Ides of March tomorrow?
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This Sunday, the whole country needs to spring forward from 1939.
March 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This Sunday, the whole country needs to spring forward from 1939.
Say it louder for the people in the back!
Under the U.S Constitution, the President is very explicitly not a king. The President's wishes and decrees do not magically become law.
March 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Say it louder for the people in the back!
And we didn’t even get cheap eggs.
I’m sure the average MAGA still thinks everything is great.
I’m sure the average MAGA still thinks everything is great.
He said 'I'm a despot'
They heard 'cheap eggs'
They heard 'cheap eggs'
March 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
And we didn’t even get cheap eggs.
I’m sure the average MAGA still thinks everything is great.
I’m sure the average MAGA still thinks everything is great.
Yes. Exactly this! Destabilizing the economy will harm everyone indiscriminately including every red hat.
This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern.
More accurate, fewer words;
"There are plenty of contractors going under".
A friend furloughed 75% of staff (furlough w/paying for health insurance for three months), 50% exec pay cut, 25% rest of staff to keep as many people w/salary.
PS: Wasn't 18F a government office, not a contractor.
"There are plenty of contractors going under".
A friend furloughed 75% of staff (furlough w/paying for health insurance for three months), 50% exec pay cut, 25% rest of staff to keep as many people w/salary.
PS: Wasn't 18F a government office, not a contractor.
March 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Yes. Exactly this! Destabilizing the economy will harm everyone indiscriminately including every red hat.
I’m sure that the only “freedom” that Jeff Bezos is for is the freedom from safety regulations.
The WaPo opinion section won’t be supporting the freedom of trans, queer, and brown people to live their lives free from oppression.
Capitalism longs for feudalism but without the Social Contract.
The WaPo opinion section won’t be supporting the freedom of trans, queer, and brown people to live their lives free from oppression.
Capitalism longs for feudalism but without the Social Contract.
February 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I’m sure that the only “freedom” that Jeff Bezos is for is the freedom from safety regulations.
The WaPo opinion section won’t be supporting the freedom of trans, queer, and brown people to live their lives free from oppression.
Capitalism longs for feudalism but without the Social Contract.
The WaPo opinion section won’t be supporting the freedom of trans, queer, and brown people to live their lives free from oppression.
Capitalism longs for feudalism but without the Social Contract.
Remember, that $230 billion in SNAP money helps fuel the economy since it gets spent. The trillion is tax cuts for the wealthy only gets hoarded.
When will the dragons be satisfied with the amount of treasure they have?
When will the dragons be satisfied with the amount of treasure they have?
This is what House Republicans voted for tonight.
Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
February 26, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Remember, that $230 billion in SNAP money helps fuel the economy since it gets spent. The trillion is tax cuts for the wealthy only gets hoarded.
When will the dragons be satisfied with the amount of treasure they have?
When will the dragons be satisfied with the amount of treasure they have?
Just another day in a America while we careen headlong into authoritarianism.
- White House won’t name DOGE Administrator
- Trampling the 1st Amendment (again) by dictating who can ask POTUS questions
- Installing the least qualified sycophants to run the military
- Back stabbing democratic allies
- White House won’t name DOGE Administrator
- Trampling the 1st Amendment (again) by dictating who can ask POTUS questions
- Installing the least qualified sycophants to run the military
- Back stabbing democratic allies
February 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Just another day in a America while we careen headlong into authoritarianism.
- White House won’t name DOGE Administrator
- Trampling the 1st Amendment (again) by dictating who can ask POTUS questions
- Installing the least qualified sycophants to run the military
- Back stabbing democratic allies
- White House won’t name DOGE Administrator
- Trampling the 1st Amendment (again) by dictating who can ask POTUS questions
- Installing the least qualified sycophants to run the military
- Back stabbing democratic allies
2nd verse is worse than the 1st.
February 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
2nd verse is worse than the 1st.
Watching someone almost fall out of the tube at Covent Garden because they were too busy posing for selfies against the door is the funniest thing I’ve see all week. I counted at least 10 duck faces.
February 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Watching someone almost fall out of the tube at Covent Garden because they were too busy posing for selfies against the door is the funniest thing I’ve see all week. I counted at least 10 duck faces.
Labour needs to stop trying to out fear monger the opposition. And instead focus on educating the electorate on why people are willing to get into the small boats in the first & what they do eventually contribute.
Oh and maybe try to actually do something to help the working class.
Oh and maybe try to actually do something to help the working class.
Labour is upping the ante on anti-migrant politics just to learn that Farage & the Tories can always, always go further than them.
It’s real people who are caught in the crossfire of politicians trying to outdo each other on toughness.
How we treat people matters. #r4today
It’s real people who are caught in the crossfire of politicians trying to outdo each other on toughness.
How we treat people matters. #r4today
February 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Labour needs to stop trying to out fear monger the opposition. And instead focus on educating the electorate on why people are willing to get into the small boats in the first & what they do eventually contribute.
Oh and maybe try to actually do something to help the working class.
Oh and maybe try to actually do something to help the working class.
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“Why don’t they play popular music at the Super Bowl anymore.”
— Man who thinks 1996 was 10 years ago.
— Man who thinks 1996 was 10 years ago.
February 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
“Why don’t they play popular music at the Super Bowl anymore.”
— Man who thinks 1996 was 10 years ago.
— Man who thinks 1996 was 10 years ago.
Greetings from the northeast of England. The forecast is grey & windy for the foreseeable future.
My friends ask if I miss Florida yet, but really I only miss the weather.
My friends ask if I miss Florida yet, but really I only miss the weather.
February 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Greetings from the northeast of England. The forecast is grey & windy for the foreseeable future.
My friends ask if I miss Florida yet, but really I only miss the weather.
My friends ask if I miss Florida yet, but really I only miss the weather.
Breaking up unions is the real goal. It is just a bonus that this also makes the racists happy.
the OTHER thing about the white house’s anti-diversity push is that like old fashioned segregation it is explicitly an effort to undermine unions! like c’mon! don’t be stupid!
February 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Breaking up unions is the real goal. It is just a bonus that this also makes the racists happy.
I see Labour is willing to do anything except increasing corporate taxes. The existence of a migrant “crisis” is debatable but there is definitely a wealth disparity crisis.
Group of Labour MPs urge No 10 to be tougher on migration to fend off threat from Reform
Group of Labour MPs urge No 10 to be tougher on migration to fend off threat from Reform
Exclusive: Pressure group of MPs from constituencies where Reform came second at last election call for Labour to ‘shout louder’ about action on immigration
Labour MPs whose seats are under threat from Reform UK have set up a pressure group that will…
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I see Labour is willing to do anything except increasing corporate taxes. The existence of a migrant “crisis” is debatable but there is definitely a wealth disparity crisis.
The supposed Dept of Government Efficiency took the IRS Direct File system offline since making it easier for millions of regular folks to do their taxes wasn’t great for the profits of the tax prep industry.
GOP senators like Blackburn very excited for their big donors in the Tax Prep lobby. 1/
GOP senators like Blackburn very excited for their big donors in the Tax Prep lobby. 1/
February 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The supposed Dept of Government Efficiency took the IRS Direct File system offline since making it easier for millions of regular folks to do their taxes wasn’t great for the profits of the tax prep industry.
GOP senators like Blackburn very excited for their big donors in the Tax Prep lobby. 1/
GOP senators like Blackburn very excited for their big donors in the Tax Prep lobby. 1/
Too many leftists require absolute perfection to the point that it cripples progress. It is easier to claim a morally righteous high ground when you are not personally caught in the muck. But it leaves the rest of us to drown.
I see more criticism here of Democrats in Congress than I do condemnation of Republicans.
And yet it is the GOP who are enabling Trump.
It tells me a lot when I see you regularly bash our side but say nothing, ever, about the other.
Reflect on your choices. You may be helping the fascists.
And yet it is the GOP who are enabling Trump.
It tells me a lot when I see you regularly bash our side but say nothing, ever, about the other.
Reflect on your choices. You may be helping the fascists.
February 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Too many leftists require absolute perfection to the point that it cripples progress. It is easier to claim a morally righteous high ground when you are not personally caught in the muck. But it leaves the rest of us to drown.
There are 4 special elections for U.S. House coming up April 1 in Florida. People feeling helpless can work to change the balance of power by installing a Democratic House that can only investigate & obstruct the horrors that are the Trump agenda.
For those shouting “do something”, I say do this!
For those shouting “do something”, I say do this!
February 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
There are 4 special elections for U.S. House coming up April 1 in Florida. People feeling helpless can work to change the balance of power by installing a Democratic House that can only investigate & obstruct the horrors that are the Trump agenda.
For those shouting “do something”, I say do this!
For those shouting “do something”, I say do this!
Welcome to business as usual now.
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Welcome to business as usual now.
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This is true. Also: People need to learn to read a room if they want to hang out in it. If somebody says something positive and your first instinct is to seek pedantry opportunities, you’re going to get blocked and muted a lot. When I’m hanging on by my fingernails, I can’t let you critique my grip.
Bluesky rule: if it comes into your mentions in an 1) aggressively contrarian way, and 2) it either has no userpic or 3) something obviously AI, assume it’s a bot.
January 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is true. Also: People need to learn to read a room if they want to hang out in it. If somebody says something positive and your first instinct is to seek pedantry opportunities, you’re going to get blocked and muted a lot. When I’m hanging on by my fingernails, I can’t let you critique my grip.
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Jesus Christ just when you thought it couldn’t get worse
On Air Force One from Las Vegas to Miami, President Trump says Palestinians in Gaza should be relocated.
“I’d like Egypt to take people. I’d like Jordan to take people,” he tells reporters.”We just clean out that whole thing.”
“I’d like Egypt to take people. I’d like Jordan to take people,” he tells reporters.”We just clean out that whole thing.”
January 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Jesus Christ just when you thought it couldn’t get worse
Things make a lot more sense in this context.
Hi, I’m God.
You all died in 2016.
And yes, this is Hell.
You all died in 2016.
And yes, this is Hell.
January 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Things make a lot more sense in this context.
Facts. Capitalism is reaching its end game now that it has entered the Broligarchy phase.
We don’t have to take it.
We don’t have to take it.
PAY ATTENTION!
If OUR country was not in the process of moving forward, THEY wouldn’t be working so hard to take us back.
If OUR country was not in the process of moving forward, THEY wouldn’t be working so hard to take us back.
January 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Facts. Capitalism is reaching its end game now that it has entered the Broligarchy phase.
We don’t have to take it.
We don’t have to take it.